English Explanatory Dictionary

Sierpinski carpet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plane fractal, a generalization of the Cantor set to two dimensions, formed by repeated subdivision of a square.

Word forms

Sierpinski carpet Sierpinski carpets

Etymology

First described by Wacław Sierpiński in 1916.

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